EP1481539B1 - Recording-location determination using different types of signal sources - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method for annotating a recording with a current location.
- GPS Global Positioning System
- GPS systems take a long time to start up, thus initial pictures may occur with no GPS data available to indicate where the picture occurred.
- GPS systems require adequate reception from at least four satellites in order to accurately determine spatial position in three dimensions. Obtaining adequate signal from four satellites is often difficult depending on the terrain through which one travels, as various conditions, such as physical obstructions, thick tree cover, tall buildings, etc., may cause a satellite to become obscured and thus preclude obtaining GPS position data.
- the receiver may then either give out invalid position information, e.g., zero-values, or repeat last known valid, position data, which may be quite wrong if one is traveling quickly. Such GPS data can result in wildly incorrect position data being associated with pictures.
- EP-A-1133150 describes a digital photographing apparatus, portably structured, for recording a photographed digital picture signal to a record medium and reproducing a digital picture signal from the record medium, that comprises a photographing means for photographing a picture and outputting a picture signal, a signal processing means for processing the picture signal supplied from the photographing means, a position information obtaining means for obtaining position information, a displaying means for displayind the digital picture signal supplied from the signal processing means, a recording means for recording the digital picture signal supplied from the signal processing means and the position information supplied from the position information obtaining means to the record medium, a reproducing means for reproducing the digital picture signal and the position information from the record medium a map information obtaining means for obtaining map information a table creatin means for creating a table for the reproduced position information and a controlling means for referencing the table for the position information and displaying an icon corresponding to the position information and the map information to the displaying means
- GB-A-2322248 , WO 00/75682 A and US-A-5936572 describe methods for determining the position of a portable device using different types of signal sources.
- a primary positioning service e.g., GPS
- a recording e.g., a picture, audio and/or visual recording, etc.
- the primary positioning service may, on occasion, temporarily or permanently fail.
- secondary signal sources are tracked so that they can be used to determine an approximate location that may be associated with the recording.
- position data is used herein to refer to GPS track log data, coordinate data, or other data representing a position In time/space.
- location refers to human-intelligible data, e.g., a street name, city, geographic reference, landmark, etc. corresponding to position data.
- signal source refers to any signal which may be used to determine or facilitate determining a current location, including typical positioning services such as GPS, LORAN (Long Range Navigation), and other radionavigation systems.
- signal source also includes other signals not intended to be part of a positioning service, but nonetheless have characteristics, such as a determinable location for the signal source, that can be used to facilitate determining a current location; exemplary sources include cellular phone towers, 802.11 hotspots, Radio Data System (RDS) transmitters, or the like.
- RDS Radio Data System
- signal sources transmit at least an identifier for the source. It will be appreciated that signal source may transmit other data as well, such as the physical location and/or position of the signal source. If the signal source's physical location is not (conveniently) provided, It will be appreciated that coverage-maps may be consulted to cross-reference signal sources with physical locations. This lookup may occur in (near) real time or be deferred until a later time. Depending on the secondary signal sources available at any given time, and information known or obtainable about the signal sources, a current position for a recording can be determined with varying accuracy.
- FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary environment 100, such as a terrain over which one is traveling and recording, e.g., taking pictures, recording movies, etc.
- GPS data from GPS satellites 110, 112, 114, 116 is primarily used to track one's position while traveling, but that reception area 118 corresponds to reliable GPS reception, and reception area 120 corresponds to unreliable GPS reception.
- the illustrated travel path 102 starts with reliable reception, and moves into unreliable reception.
- the presence of other secondary signal sources e.g., transmission towers 104, 106, 108, may be used to determine one's location which may then be associated with a recording.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a general flowchart according to an embodiment of the invention for associating a location with a recording.
- Primary and secondary receivers e.g., GPS, cellular, 802.11, etc. are Initialized 200 so that signal sources may be received while traveling 202. While traveling 202, signal sources are monitored and stored 204, such as in a database, log, or other storage. In one alternative, monitoring I and storing 204 is performed with separate devices (see also FIG. 3 ). In another alternative, a receive-only device comprising multiple embedded receivers for various different types of signal sources, is used to receive signals from various signal sources. In a further alternative, the receive-only device is incorporated within a recorder.
- travel is recorded 206, e.g., pictures taken, audio/visual data recorded, etc.
- a test 208 is performed to determine whether to immediately attempt to associate a current position with a recording, or to defer current location identification for a later time, e.g., after travel is complete. The basis of the decision may rest on a number of factors, including resources required to determine a current location. It will be appreciated by one skilled In the art that associating data with recordings may take various forms depending on the type of recording device and data to be associated. For example, in one embodiment, a digital camera stores recordings in a Japan Electronic Industry Development Association (JEIDA) Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) file format, and position data is stored as picture metadata.
- JEIDA Japan Electronic Industry Development Association
- EXIF Exchangeable Image File
- a further test 210 is performed to determine whether a primary signal source, e.g., a reliable source such as GPS or the like, is available. If so, then a current position data is determined 212, e.g., a relevant portion of a GPS track log is obtained, and with this data, a current location is associated 214 with the recording, e.g., the current position data is looked up on a map or other resource to identify human-intelligible data.
- a primary signal source e.g., a reliable source such as GPS or the like
- test 210 indicates a primary signal source is not presently available, e.g., one is traveling in area 120 of FIG. 1 , then monitored and stored 204 signal sources are used to estimate 216 current position data, and with this data, an estimated current location is associated 218 with a recording.
- various combination techniques and heuristics may be used to best-guess current position data based on identified signal sources. For example, if a certain 802.11 hotspot was recorded, and the position or location of that hotspot is known, e.g., because it transmitted its position or location, or it was looked up on a coverage map (see FIG. 5 ), then the position or location of this hotspot can be used to approximately identify the locations that occurred near in time to when the hotspot was monitored 204.
- Characteristics of signal sources can be used to reduce a search area for a current position (see FIG. 4 ).
- test 210 indicates determining a current position is not to be deferred, then the current time is determined and associated 212 with the recording. Then, at a later time, GPS track logs and/or monitored and stored 204 signal sources may be used to identify where various recordings occurred.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a flowchart for the FIG. 2 monitoring and storing 204 signal sources.
- a test 300 is performed to determine whether a signal source is available. Assuming the signal source transmits a self-identifier, this identifier and the current time are stored 302, 304 in a memory. The current time is assumed to be obtained from a clock internal to the receiver of the signal; the clock may be set with respect to an external clock, such one provided by GPS.
- the signal source type is also stored 306. Thus, if the signal source does not provide a self-identifier, the type of signal may be cross-referenced with a coverage map (see FIG. 5 ) of potential signal sources, time of receipt, last known valid position data, etc. to identify a likely position for the signal source.
- the signal source strength Is also stored 308 to allow for estimation of distance from the signal source, as well as to facilitate in position triangulation from multiple, and possibly different types of, signal sources.
- signal sources may also directly broadcast their physical location; if the signal source provides a position identifier, it is also stored 310. After storing 302-310 data related to a signal source, or if the test 300 indicated there is no available signal source, then processing loops 312.
- Mapping between signal sources and their physical location may be performed by an external service.
- One exemplary external service is a cellular telephone network that provides cellular towers, cellular phones, or other devices, with position data. (It will be appreciated that location data may be provided.) Also provided is an error estimate that may be used to account for inherent unreliability in position determination, and/or to account for or predict positions for mobile devices. Supplied position data, and error estimate, if available, may then be used to determine a current location. It will be appreciated the cellular telephone network may utilize proprietary algorithms, such as proprietary triangulation techniques using signal strengths between a device and cellular towers.
- Another exemplary external service is a Local Area Network (LAN) manager for computing devices that maps network addresses, e.g., Internet Protocol (IP) addresses into corresponding real-world positions, e.g., network drop locations.
- IP Internet Protocol
- a proprietary technique may be used to determine real-world positions that may be used to determine a current location.
- an error estimate may be provided with position data.
- External services may be provided with a date/time at which a particular signal was received, and the external service provides (perhaps with an associated cost) a location estimate.
- a general resolution service may be defined such that it operates with multiple external services where one provides the general resolution service with the date/time for receiving a particular signal, and the general resolution service attempts to locate one or more external services that can provide a location estimate for the received signal. Multiple results may be used to sanity-check and/or refine results. For example, assume a laptop computer is attached to a LAN of an outdoor cafe in Portland, Oregon. To determine the laptop's current location, one can inspect positioning service data, such as GPS data, if available, as well as query a general resolution service as discussed above, and determine a set of records such as:
- a GPS receiver in the laptop is providing the most reliable position data to be used to determine a current location.
- the next best reliable data signal comes from the information provided by the location area network to which the laptop is attached.
- the records may be determined in real time, such as through a live GPS hookup indicated in the 2 nd record, or not in real time as discussed above. If a recording, such as a photograph, were to occur at the Portland café, then the GPS information would be used to determine a location to be associated with the recording.
- FIG. 4 illustrates using characteristics of signal sources to reduce, a search area for a current position. For example, knowing a particular type of signal source 400 only travels a certain distance, or only by line of sight, etc., can be used to determine an area 402 of possible locations at which the signal was received. If other signal sources were Identified and stored 204 ( FIG. 2 ), similar analysis can be performed for other signal sources 404, so that a current position can be narrowed down to having to be within an overlapping area 406 common to both signal sources. Position data can be selected from this overlapping area and used to determine an estimated current location to be associated with a recording. In one embodiment, estimated position data may be compared with last known reliable position data to ensure an identified overlapping area "makes sense".
- FIG. 5 Illustrates using database identifying signal source locations to narrow the possible locations in which a recording occurred.
- a database 500 storing at least tower identifiers 502 and their coordinates 504 can be inspected to identify potential sources for that signal.
- the illustrated database includes entries 506, 510 for an 802.11 tower having coordinates 508 A, B, C, and an RDS tower having coordinates 512 D, E, F. Based on the type of signal received, all other potential sources can be eliminated. Then, based on last known valid position data, and/or fundamental trip characteristics, such as planned areas to travel, the most likely sources for a received signal can be Identified and used to estimate current position data.
- the illustrated machine has a system bus 602, and typically attached to the bus are one or more processors 604, a memory 606 (e.g., RAM, ROM), storage devices 608, e.g., hard-drives, floppy-disks, optical storage, magnetic cassettes, tapes, flash memory cards, memory sticks, digital video disks, biological storage, etc., a video interface 610, and input/output ports 612.
- the machine may also include embedded controllers, such as Generic or Programmable Logic Devices or Arrays, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, single-chip computers, smart cards, or the like.
- the term "machine” includes a single machine, such as a computer, handheld device, digital camera or other digital recording device, or a system of communicatively coupled machines or devices
- the machine may be controlled, at least in part, by input from conventional input devices, such as keyboards, mice, joysticks, as well as directives received from another machine, a user's interaction with a virtual reality (VR) environment, biometric feedback, or other input.
- the machine may operate in a network environment using physical and/or logical connections to one or more remote machines 614, 616, such as through a wired or wireless network interface 618 or modem 620, and communicate over a network 622 such as an intranet, the Internet, local or wide area network, cellular, cable, optical, satellite, microwave, "Bluetooth,” laser, infrared, etc.
- remote machines 614, 616 may be configured similarly to the machine, and therefore may include many or all of the same elements.
- Program modules may be stored in memory 606 and/or storage devices 608 and associated storage media, and may be delivered over transmission environments, including the network 622, in the form of packets, serial data, parallel data, propagated signals, etc.
- Program modules may be used in a compressed or encrypted format, and may be used in a distributed environment and stored in local and/or remote memory, for access by single and multi-processor machines, portable computers, handheld devices, e.g., Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), cell phones, etc.
- PDAs Personal Digital Assistants
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- The invention relates to a method for annotating a recording with a current location.
- When taking a recording of a place or an event, it is often desirable to associate a location, typically the location at which the recording is made, with the recording so that one may later review the recording and be reminded of where it occurred. Associating locations with recordings is often a tedious prospect, especially when several different places are visited and the recordings are not available for annotation until later-on, such as returning from a trip. Often, due to tediousness, or poor memory after the fact, associations are not performed at all.
- There has been an attempt to facilitate making such associations, with digital camera photographs. Here, GPS (Global Positioning System) track log data is used to cross-reference a time at which a digital camera indicates a photograph occurred photograph with timed entries in the GPS track log, thus identifying where the photograph occurred. There are significant limitations to this approach, some of which are inherent to GPS systems.
- For example, GPS systems take a long time to start up, thus initial pictures may occur with no GPS data available to indicate where the picture occurred. Also, GPS systems require adequate reception from at least four satellites in order to accurately determine spatial position in three dimensions. Obtaining adequate signal from four satellites is often difficult depending on the terrain through which one travels, as various conditions, such as physical obstructions, thick tree cover, tall buildings, etc., may cause a satellite to become obscured and thus preclude obtaining GPS position data. Related to this is that when a GPS receiver loses track of its satellites, the receiver may then either give out invalid position information, e.g., zero-values, or repeat last known valid, position data, which may be quite wrong if one is traveling quickly. Such GPS data can result in wildly incorrect position data being associated with pictures.
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EP-A-1133150 describes a digital photographing apparatus, portably structured, for recording a photographed digital picture signal to a record medium and reproducing a digital picture signal from the record medium, that comprises a photographing means for photographing a picture and outputting a picture signal, a signal processing means for processing the picture signal supplied from the photographing means, a position information obtaining means for obtaining position information, a displaying means for displayind the digital picture signal supplied from the signal processing means, a recording means for recording the digital picture signal supplied from the signal processing means and the position information supplied from the position information obtaining means to the record medium, a reproducing means for reproducing the digital picture signal and the position information from the record medium a map information obtaining means for obtaining map information a table creatin means for creating a table for the reproduced position information and a controlling means for referencing the table for the position information and displaying an icon corresponding to the position information and the map information to the displaying means -
GB-A-2322248 WO 00/75682 A US-A-5936572 describe methods for determining the position of a portable device using different types of signal sources. - It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for annotating a recording with a current location that makes efficient use of the available resources. According to the invention, there is provided a method for annotating a recording with a current location as defined by claim 1.
- The features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention in which:
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FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary environment, such as a terrain over which one is traveling and recording, e.g., taking pictures, recording movies, etc.; -
FIG. 2 illustrates a general flowchart according to an embodiment of the invention for associating positioning data with a recording; -
FIG. 3 illustrates a flowchart for theFIG. 2 monitoring and storing of signal sources; -
FIG. 4 illustrates using characteristics of signal sources to reduce a search area for a current position; and -
FIG. 5 illustrates using a coverage map identifying signal source positions to narrow the possible locations in which a recording occurred; and -
FIG. 6 illustrates a machine for implementing the invention. - While traveling, it is assumed a primary positioning service, e.g., GPS, is used to determine a current location that may be associated with a recording, e.g., a picture, audio and/or visual recording, etc. However, the primary positioning service may, on occasion, temporarily or permanently fail. Thus, while traveling, secondary signal sources are tracked so that they can be used to determine an approximate location that may be associated with the recording.
- Note that the phrase "position data" is used herein to refer to GPS track log data, coordinate data, or other data representing a position In time/space. The term "location" refers to human-intelligible data, e.g., a street name, city, geographic reference, landmark, etc. corresponding to position data. The phrase "signal source" refers to any signal which may be used to determine or facilitate determining a current location, including typical positioning services such as GPS, LORAN (Long Range Navigation), and other radionavigation systems. The phrase "signal source" also includes other signals not intended to be part of a positioning service, but nonetheless have characteristics, such as a determinable location for the signal source, that can be used to facilitate determining a current location; exemplary sources Include cellular phone towers, 802.11 hotspots, Radio Data System (RDS) transmitters, or the like.
- It is assumed signal sources transmit at least an identifier for the source. It will be appreciated that signal source may transmit other data as well, such as the physical location and/or position of the signal source. If the signal source's physical location is not (conveniently) provided, It will be appreciated that coverage-maps may be consulted to cross-reference signal sources with physical locations. This lookup may occur in (near) real time or be deferred until a later time. Depending on the secondary signal sources available at any given time, and information known or obtainable about the signal sources, a current position for a recording can be determined with varying accuracy.
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FIG. 1 illustrates anexemplary environment 100, such as a terrain over which one is traveling and recording, e.g., taking pictures, recording movies, etc. - Illustrated is a
travel path 102 that passesseveral transmission towers GPS satellites reception area 118 corresponds to reliable GPS reception, andreception area 120 corresponds to unreliable GPS reception. The illustratedtravel path 102 starts with reliable reception, and moves into unreliable reception. As will be discussed below, when in theunreliable reception area 120, the presence of other secondary signal sources, e.g.,transmission towers -
FIG. 2 illustrates a general flowchart according to an embodiment of the invention for associating a location with a recording. - Primary and secondary receivers, e.g., GPS, cellular, 802.11, etc. are Initialized 200 so that signal sources may be received while traveling 202. While traveling 202, signal sources are monitored and stored 204, such as in a database, log, or other storage. In one alternative, monitoring I and storing 204 is performed with separate devices (see also
FIG. 3 ). In another alternative, a receive-only device comprising multiple embedded receivers for various different types of signal sources, is used to receive signals from various signal sources. In a further alternative, the receive-only device is incorporated within a recorder. - Parallel to monitoring signal sources, travel is recorded 206, e.g., pictures taken, audio/visual data recorded, etc. A
test 208 is performed to determine whether to immediately attempt to associate a current position with a recording, or to defer current location identification for a later time, e.g., after travel is complete. The basis of the decision may rest on a number of factors, including resources required to determine a current location. It will be appreciated by one skilled In the art that associating data with recordings may take various forms depending on the type of recording device and data to be associated. For example, in one embodiment, a digital camera stores recordings in a Japan Electronic Industry Development Association (JEIDA) Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) file format, and position data is stored as picture metadata. - If no deferral is desired, a
further test 210 is performed to determine whether a primary signal source, e.g., a reliable source such as GPS or the like, is available. If so, then a current position data is determined 212, e.g., a relevant portion of a GPS track log is obtained, and with this data, a current location is associated 214 with the recording, e.g., the current position data is looked up on a map or other resource to identify human-intelligible data. - If the
test 210 indicates a primary signal source is not presently available, e.g., one is traveling inarea 120 ofFIG. 1 , then monitored and stored 204 signal sources are used to estimate 216 current position data, and with this data, an estimated current location is associated 218 with a recording. It will be appreciated that various combination techniques and heuristics may be used to best-guess current position data based on identified signal sources. For example, if a certain 802.11 hotspot was recorded, and the position or location of that hotspot is known, e.g., because it transmitted its position or location, or it was looked up on a coverage map (seeFIG. 5 ), then the position or location of this hotspot can be used to approximately identify the locations that occurred near in time to when the hotspot was monitored 204. - Characteristics of signal sources can be used to reduce a search area for a current position (see
FIG. 4 ). - If the
test 210 indicates determining a current position is not to be deferred, then the current time is determined and associated 212 with the recording. Then, at a later time, GPS track logs and/or monitored and stored 204 signal sources may be used to identify where various recordings occurred. -
FIG. 3 illustrates a flowchart for theFIG. 2 monitoring and storing 204 signal sources. - A
test 300 is performed to determine whether a signal source is available. Assuming the signal source transmits a self-identifier, this identifier and the current time are stored 302, 304 in a memory. The current time is assumed to be obtained from a clock internal to the receiver of the signal; the clock may be set with respect to an external clock, such one provided by GPS. - The signal source type is also stored 306. Thus, if the signal source does not provide a self-identifier, the type of signal may be cross-referenced with a coverage map (see
FIG. 5 ) of potential signal sources, time of receipt, last known valid position data, etc. to identify a likely position for the signal source. The signal source strength Is also stored 308 to allow for estimation of distance from the signal source, as well as to facilitate in position triangulation from multiple, and possibly different types of, signal sources. - As location identification becomes more important in this and other technology areas, signal sources may also directly broadcast their physical location; if the signal source provides a position identifier, it is also stored 310. After storing 302-310 data related to a signal source, or if the
test 300 indicated there is no available signal source, then processingloops 312. - Mapping between signal sources and their physical location (stationary or moving) may be performed by an external service. One exemplary external service is a cellular telephone network that provides cellular towers, cellular phones, or other devices, with position data. (It will be appreciated that location data may be provided.) Also provided is an error estimate that may be used to account for inherent unreliability in position determination, and/or to account for or predict positions for mobile devices. Supplied position data, and error estimate, if available, may then be used to determine a current location. It will be appreciated the cellular telephone network may utilize proprietary algorithms, such as proprietary triangulation techniques using signal strengths between a device and cellular towers.
- Another exemplary external service is a Local Area Network (LAN) manager for computing devices that maps network addresses, e.g., Internet Protocol (IP) addresses into corresponding real-world positions, e.g., network drop locations. As with the cellular telephone network, a proprietary technique may be used to determine real-world positions that may be used to determine a current location. For non-stationary network addresses, an error estimate may be provided with position data. External services may be provided with a date/time at which a particular signal was received, and the external service provides (perhaps with an associated cost) a location estimate.
- It will be appreciated that a general resolution service may be defined such that it operates with multiple external services where one provides the general resolution service with the date/time for receiving a particular signal, and the general resolution service attempts to locate one or more external services that can provide a location estimate for the received signal. Multiple results may be used to sanity-check and/or refine results. For example, assume a laptop computer is attached to a LAN of an outdoor cafe in Portland, Oregon. To determine the laptop's current location, one can inspect positioning service data, such as GPS data, if available, as well as query a general resolution service as discussed above, and determine a set of records such as:
- 1. 2002/02/25 15:21:45Z, LAN, 124.145.43.21, lat 45.3456N, Ion 122.34654W, alt 122m, err 45ft, "info supplied by the local area network"
- 2. 2002/02/25 15:22:15Z, GPS, , lat 45.3455N, Ion 122.34655W, alt 115m, err 17ft, "info supplied by the GPS satellite receiver on the laptop"
- 3. 2002/02/25 15:20:05Z, FM RADIO, KBOO 90.7, lat 45.4897N, Ion 122.6964W, alt 900ft, err 14miles, "info supplied by the FM radio receiver in the laptop"
- Here it can be determined that a GPS receiver in the laptop is providing the most reliable position data to be used to determine a current location. However, were the GPS to be non-functional, then the next best reliable data signal comes from the information provided by the location area network to which the laptop is attached. It will be appreciated that the records may be determined in real time, such as through a live GPS hookup indicated in the 2nd record, or not in real time as discussed above. If a recording, such as a photograph, were to occur at the Portland café, then the GPS information would be used to determine a location to be associated with the recording.
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FIG. 4 illustrates using characteristics of signal sources to reduce, a search area for a current position. For example, knowing a particular type ofsignal source 400 only travels a certain distance, or only by line of sight, etc., can be used to determine anarea 402 of possible locations at which the signal was received. If other signal sources were Identified and stored 204 (FIG. 2 ), similar analysis can be performed forother signal sources 404, so that a current position can be narrowed down to having to be within an overlapping area 406 common to both signal sources. Position data can be selected from this overlapping area and used to determine an estimated current location to be associated with a recording. In one embodiment, estimated position data may be compared with last known reliable position data to ensure an identified overlapping area "makes sense". -
FIG. 5 Illustrates using database identifying signal source locations to narrow the possible locations in which a recording occurred. - For example, as discussed above with
FIG. 2 , if it is known a particular type of signal was received, adatabase 500 storing atleast tower identifiers 502 and theircoordinates 504 can be inspected to identify potential sources for that signal. For example, the illustrated database includesentries - It will be appreciated that the embodiment of the invention disclosed above may be performed with various combinations of hardware and/or software. For example, it may be implemented with a
machine 600 illustrated inFIG. 6 . - The illustrated machine has a
system bus 602, and typically attached to the bus are one ormore processors 604, a memory 606 (e.g., RAM, ROM),storage devices 608, e.g., hard-drives, floppy-disks, optical storage, magnetic cassettes, tapes, flash memory cards, memory sticks, digital video disks, biological storage, etc., avideo interface 610, and input/output ports 612. The machine may also include embedded controllers, such as Generic or Programmable Logic Devices or Arrays, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, single-chip computers, smart cards, or the like. The term "machine" includes a single machine, such as a computer, handheld device, digital camera or other digital recording device, or a system of communicatively coupled machines or devices - The machine may be controlled, at least in part, by input from conventional input devices, such as keyboards, mice, joysticks, as well as directives received from another machine, a user's interaction with a virtual reality (VR) environment, biometric feedback, or other input. The machine may operate in a network environment using physical and/or logical connections to one or more
remote machines wireless network interface 618 ormodem 620, and communicate over anetwork 622 such as an intranet, the Internet, local or wide area network, cellular, cable, optical, satellite, microwave, "Bluetooth," laser, infrared, etc. It will be appreciatedremote machines - The invention may also be described by reference to or in conjunction with program modules, Including functions, procedures, data structures, application programs, etc. for performing tasks, or defining abstract data types or low-level hardware contexts. Program modules may be stored in
memory 606 and/orstorage devices 608 and associated storage media, and may be delivered over transmission environments, including thenetwork 622, in the form of packets, serial data, parallel data, propagated signals, etc. Program modules may be used in a compressed or encrypted format, and may be used in a distributed environment and stored in local and/or remote memory, for access by single and multi-processor machines, portable computers, handheld devices, e.g., Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), cell phones, etc.
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- A method for annotating a recording with a location represented by human-intelligible data, the method comprising:monitoring (204), while travelling, for different types of signal sources, including one or more secondary signal sources, that may be used to facilitate determining a current location;logging characteristics of said different types of signal sources;making a recording (206);determining (208) whether to determine a current location, or to defer current location determination for a later time;if current location determination is to be deferred, associating the current time with the recording and determining the current location where the recording occurred, at a later time using said logged characteristics;if current location determination is not to be deferred, determining if a primary signal source is available (210);if the primary signal source is available, determining a current location (212) based on position data from the primary signal source and associating (214) the current location with the recording;if the primary signal source is not available, estimating position data (216) based at least in part on the logged characteristics of the secondary signal sources, determining an estimated current location using the estimated position data, and associating the estimated current location with the recording (218).
- The method of claim 1, wherein the current location has an associated margin of error determined with respect to the type of the signal source.
- The method of claim 1, wherein said different types of signal sources include signals from GPS, LORAN, cellular phone towers, 802.11 hotspots, and Radio Data System (RDS) transmitters.
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